Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive | Elitegroup Computer Systems provides a highly detailed picture of its climate-policy lobbying. It identifies the specific measures it works on – including the China Energy Label specification for computers, China’s 13th Five-Year Plan and “Made in China 2025” Green Development targets, Taiwan’s energy-tax and GHG-reduction laws, and the Taiwan EPA’s eco-label for IT and household equipment – as well as its cooperation with the Shenzhen municipal carbon-trading initiative. The company is equally open about how and where it exerts influence, noting that "ECS attended as one of industries representatives" at government meetings, "proposed China government about design of PC energy consumption data… with uniform logo format," worked continuously with the China Energy Label Center, and "accepted the invitation from Taiwan Energy Bureau … and EPA" to provide suggestions. Finally, it is explicit about what it wants those engagements to achieve: it advocates uniform energy-efficiency logos, inclusion of lifecycle GHG data on labels, tax deductions that reflect "the accumulatively historical GHG reduction volume from each IT company," greater use of renewable energy and green-electricity tariffs, and alignment with Paris-Agreement emissions targets, stating its “support with no exceptions.” Together these disclosures demonstrate a comprehensive level of transparency over the policies it targets, the mechanisms it employs, and the outcomes it seeks. | 4 |